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INNOVATIVE BUSINESS APPROACHES TO BEAT COVID TIMES Distinguished Guests of Honour
6:00 PM
Welcome Address Gp Capt R Vijayakumar (Retd), VSM
Mr Srikant Sastri
Mr Abhishek Somany
Chairman
Managing Director
I 3G
Advisory Network
Executive Director Madras Management Association
Opening Remarks
Somany Ceramics Ltd
Mr V Balaraman Past President, MMA & Former MD, Pond’s India Ltd
Address by the Guests of Honour Mr Sachin Chhabra
Mr Ajay Jain
Founder & CEO
Promoter and MD
Peel-Works
Enzotech Solutions P Ltd
Mr Srikant Sastri Chairman, I3G Advisory Network & Co-founder, Crayon Data
Mr Abhishek Somany
SATURDAY
Managing Director, Somany Ceramics Ltd
OCT 31, 2020 | 6.00 PM
Mr Sachin Chhabra Founder & CEO, Peel-works
Mr Ajay Jain Promoter and Managing Director Enzotech Solutions Pvt Ltd
7:15PM
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7:45 PM
Q&A Session Webinar Ends
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Synopsis “During the days of COVID-19 lockdown, I had the good fortune of being involved in three projects where new businesses were built in an accelerated mode, within 90 days. One was pivot of an existing business, the second was opening up a new market segment, and the third was setting up a brand new business from scratch. The projects spanned three different sectors (healthcare, education and FMCG) but the success ingredients were quite similar. Intensive remote collaboration in missionmode, rapid iterations, and non-hierarchical mode of working helped these projects succeed, and to overcome even COVIDrelated challenges of supply chain logistics and manufacturing. The learning from these projects, and many others that I observed, show us glimpses of what a new paradigm for building businesses in the post-COVID era might look like. For the Indian start-up ecosystem, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reinvent the Silicon Valley model. For bigger companies, it is about a new agile way of working. It is a pleasure to share these learnings with everyone on October 31. I am also delighted that three esteemed business leaders
profile
are also joining me at this event”- Srikant Sastri
ABHISHEK SOMANY
SRIKANT SASTRI Successful
entrepreneur:
Built
&
sold
two
large
services
Abhishek is a third generation entrepreneur, currently
ventures in India & SE Asia. 6 countries, 18000 employees. Co-
spearheading Somany Ceramics. He has been the long-
founder of AI & Big Data product company. Innovation
expert
using
standing MD and growth driver of Somany Ceramics Ltd
transformational
technologies
for almost two decades now.
&
business models: Advising companies, government, startups &
Under Mr. Somany’s leadership, Somany Ceramics has
universities.
swiftly
manufacturing
Using
radical
product
&
go-to-market
development,
models.
Ceramics,
Technologies
Successful
Chairperson businesses
of at
global scale,
prestigious
awards
and
name a few. He has also served as on the board of
experience: execution
many
He is a member of many industry bodies CII, Icctas to
of running own not-for-profit.
Director.
bagging
Ceramics Industry for 2011-2012.
range of for-profit social enterprises. Grassroots experience
leadership
an industry leader in
become
Power Brand Hall of Fame as a Corporate Leader of the
Socially-relevant initiatives: Mentoring & angel investing with
&
to
global recognition. He has also been recognized in the
spanning MedTech, digital, AI, IoT.
Board
grown
of
Certified M&A
corporation. fund-raising,
Independent
strategy
Experience
as
in
restructuring,
YPO Delhi chapter, and like his father he too pursues
India
many
building
hobbies
actively,
motor
racing,
die
cast
collectibles, photography, adrenalin sports to name a
global
few.
expansion, and partnerships.
AJAY JAIN
SACHIN CHHABRA Sachin Chhabra, the
Founder & CEO of Peel-Works,
started
his journey in the FMCG industry around 25 years ago with Hindustan Unilever. After working across a variety of roles, he
Mr.
Jain
is
Engineering
an
alumnus
and
Modern
of
IIM
School,
Calcutta, Delhi.
He
Delhi has
College
over
36
of
years’
experience as an entrepreneur and as a Business Head in the corporate world.
founded Peel-Works in 2010 with a mission to provide ‘Better Lives to India's CornerStores’. Taikee by Peel-Works is
a B2B e-
He started his professional career post IIM Calcutta in 1983 by setting
up
a
trading
and
contracting
company
in
Kuwait.
He
commerce platform that makes sourcing grocery inventory
successfully
convenient for small and mid-sized retailers.
returning to India as a consequence of the gulf war. In 1998, he
An alumnus of
St. Stephen’s College, Sachin’s vision is to create a sustainable
implemented
projects
in
Iraq
and
Kuwait
before
joined the SRF group followed by a stint in the Raymond group where he was the head of JK Helene Curtis, Raymond fedora and
business built on inclusive practices and larger social good.
the
projects
team
which
conceptualized
the
business
plan
for
foray into Technical Textiles. Through
his
career,
building
businesses
Mr
Jain
through
has out
developed of
box
a
track
strategic
record
planning
of
and
execution skills.
Promoter and Managing Director of Enzotech Solutions Pvt Ltd, a company in the water and waste water recycling business. Since 2011 he is
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